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prenatal
(redirected from Prenatal care)

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prenatal
Informal a prenatal examination

prenatal [prē′nād·əl]
(medicine)
Existing or occurring before birth.


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Even when they obtain early prenatal care, women who belong to racial and ethnic minority groups are more likely than white women to experience perinatal mortality--the loss of a fetus or the death of an infant within four weeks after birth.
These guidelines are believed to have increased use of GBS disease prevention approaches by prenatal care providers, which has led to a decrease in the incidence of GBS disease (1,4).
Also listed among the county's successes was a higher number of mothers receiving prenatal care and rising wages.
 
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